Powerful e-mails

One would think that a General and the director of the CIA would know the power of putting things in traceable documents, especially things like e-mails.  A piece of paper cas be burned, the ashes stirred in water, and the sludge flushed so that the contents can not be determined but an e-mail; is almost impossible to get rid of.   But apparently lust over ruled a smart mans mind and in matters of the heart he played the fool.